Abiodun charges new monarch to be accessible, receptive, responsive
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun yesterday, presented the staff of office to the newly-installed Orimolusi of Ijebu-Igbo, Oba Lawrence Jaiyeoba Adebajo.
The governor, who enjoined the new monarch to be accessible, receptive and responsive to the yearnings of his people, equally urged him to continue to champion all efforts that would enhance peaceful co-existence with other royal fathers within Ijebu-Igbo and its environs to justify the mandate and trust reposed in him by the state government.
Abiodun, who stated these in his speech at the coronation ceremony of Oba Adebajo, noted that the ancient town, which witnessed 27-year interregnum, would begin to witness upward swing with the installation of the new Orimolusi.
While describing the event as “symbolic testament reflective of the time past and a new beginning in community spirit and selflessness,” the governor expressed optimism that the monarch would espouse development of the town.
He congratulated all the sons and daughters of Ijebu-Igbo who had painstaking waited for almost three decades for the new monarch, and the entire people of Ijebuland on the coronation, which according to him, has opened a new phase in the traditional lives of Ijebu-Igbo people.
He lauded other contestants and their supporters for accepting the selection of Oba Adebajo as the new Orimolusi.
He, therefore, enjoined every indigene and resident of Ijebu-Igbo to embrace peace and co-operate with the new monarch.
